Silver Bow County budget panel approves $1.26 million expenditure list, reviews several budget transfers

The Budget and Finance Committee of Silver Bow County approved an expenditure list totaling $1,264,297.58 during its meeting on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. The motion to review the expenditure list carried on a recorded voice vote of 6-0.

The committee also reviewed a set of intra-county budget transfers and line-item needs, including a $4,700 transfer to pay an invoice to Action Inc. for Aspen Apartments, transfers covering AccessGov subscription fees for electronic jury questionnaires, printing and envelope costs for the parking department, and several health-department expenditures. The transcript does not show a separate roll-call vote approving those transfers.

Commissioner O'Leary made the motion to review the expenditure list as of Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in the amount of $1,264,297.58; the motion was seconded and passed by voice vote, 6-0. Present for the meeting were Commissioner Thatcher, Commissioner O'Neil, Commissioner Boyle, Commissioner Walker, Commissioner Shea and Commissioner O'Leary.

During discussion, Commissioner Walker questioned a claim (10215) for $828.80 described in the packet as a rental car for vehicle damage by parts personnel and asked whether insurance should have covered the rental. Director Hassler responded: "the cost of the rental car and the damage to the vehicle was less than our deductible, and so we didn't turn it in on our insurance. We just paid for the damage and the rental of the vehicle as opposed to turning it in because it the cost was the same. Either way, we wouldn't have met our deductible, and then it would be a claiming against our insurance. So it's just best to to pay those out of pocket." That explanation was recorded in the transcript; no further action on that line item was shown.

Specific transfers discussed in the meeting record included: a $4,700 transfer for an invoice to Action Inc. related to Aspen Apartments (business/community development); a transfer in amounts described as $3,080 and smaller amounts for AccessGov subscription fees to process electronic jury questionnaires; a $120 transfer for envelopes for the parking department; $373 to cover a contract described as "pure breastfeeding" services for June 2026 at the health department; $89 to cover travel through June 30, 2025, at the health department; $2,624 for replacement air filters and supplies for a POD box at the health department; $2,000 for a subscription to Secure Warrant for the county attorney's office; and a $27,000 transfer to cover weed control and support services out of the Spruce Fund or Reclamation Department. The transcript wording for some line items is fragmented; amounts and recipients are reported here as stated in the meeting record.

There were no references in the transcript to legal authorities or external approvals tied to the expenditure-list vote, and no amendments or follow-up assignments were recorded. With no further questions, the committee adjourned.